Bank Of Scotland SPL
Sunday 28th November 2004
Dens Park, Dundee
Kick Off 2pm, Live On SPL Live
The Celtic Machine rolls on this weekend, to Dens Park, to face Dundee in the SPL.
After Wednesday's fantastic result in Barcelona, the Celtic camp are high on confidence. We achieved what no other team, including Real Madrid and AC Milan, has done this season - come away with a point in the Nou Camp. The players who played in the game must be saluted and I cannot wait to give them a standing ovation before tomorrow's game.
Unfortunatley, we now have to forget about the Barcelona game. We need to move on and concentrate on tomorrow's game against Dundee.
We arrived back from Barcelona battered and bruised. It looks as though Stan Varga and Chris Sutton will be out of tomorrow's match through injury, and Alan Thompson is suspended, following his red card at Ibrox last week. This could see Stephen Pearson or Aiden McGeady getting a start.
Hopefully tomorrow, we will see Juninho begin the game. He has done practically nothing since arriving in August and if he can't get a place in the team for a game where we have a few players out, you really have to wonder what he is doing here.
I would also like to see Craig Beattie get a chance up-front, as he returns from injury for the match. Henri Camara has let us down in the big games this season and Beattie has impressed every time I have seen him. Give him a start tomorrow and let's see what he can do.
Dundee are not doing well at all this season. They are currently second bottom of the league and have only won four out of seventeen games this season. A look on Dundee-Mad shows the fans are not happy with their team this season, as one of their headline stories is entitled 'Shambles.'
The team to be tired tomorrow but as always, we will give 100%. Remember, we are still top of the league, but only by a single point. Every game is crucial now and we need to keep winning as we are only one slip-up away from finding ourselves second in the league.
I expect a Bhoys victory tomorrow. Dundee are playing poor and we are high on confidence. A win will see us four points clear at the top, albeit maybe only for an hour.
Come On The Hoops!
Prediction: Dundee 1-4 Celtic